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The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after "women health" course. Pelvic floor muscle contraction will be evaluated via transabdominal ultrasound.
Physiotherapy students during their studying in the physiotherapy Bachelor degree program will be examined. Students will be divided into 2 groups according to their year of studying (if they already studied "women health course or not implying 4th year students compared with 1-3 year level students). Each participant will be asked to contract the pelvic floor muscles.
The assessment of pelvic floor contraction will be measured by measuring bladder displacement via abdominal ultrasound. A curved linear array transducer will be placed in the transverse plane immediately suprapubically over the lower abdomen angled at 15-30 degrees from the vertical. Upward movement of the bladder during contraction will be marked as correct contraction. An on screen caliper and measurement tool will be used to measure bladder amount of bladder displacement.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| after "women health" course | Experimental | The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle |
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| before "women health" course | Active Comparator | The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pelvic floor contraction | Other | Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| direction of urinary bladder displacement during contraction | upward or downward displacement of urinary bladder will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound | baseline |
| urinary bladder displacement in millimeters | bladder displacement will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound using the on screen caliper tool | baseline |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| pelvic floor muscles endurance of contraction in seconds | time of muscle contraction will be measured during the last contraction | baseline |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Gali Dar, PhD | University of Haifa | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Haifa University, Department of PHysical Therapy | Haifa | Israel |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 30152550 | Result | Ben Ami N, Dar G. What is the most effective verbal instruction for correctly contracting the pelvic floor muscles? Neurourol Urodyn. 2018 Nov;37(8):2904-2910. doi: 10.1002/nau.23810. Epub 2018 Aug 28. |
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the result of the study will be analysed. a paper will be submitted to international journal with study description including methods, examination protocol results
one year
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2 groups according to the year of physiotherapy school.
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Participants will not know the aim of study